DS 511 Final

Question 1

Georgia Harkness

Answer 1

Theologian trained in Personalism who came to describe themselves as a Liberal Evangelical and argued for the ordination of women

Question 2

Albert Outler

Answer 2

Perkins professor who resuscitated Wesley studies

Question 3

Borden Parker Bowne

Answer 3

architect of Boston Personalism

Question 4

Frank Mason North

Answer 4

defended Borden Parker Bowne at his heresy trial

Question 5

Phoebe Palmer

Answer 5

key leader in the Tuesday Meetings for the Promotion of Holiness

Question 6

Orange Scott

Answer 6

abolitionist who led the beginning of the Wesleyan Methodist Church

Question 7

James Andrew

Answer 7

Methodist Episcopal Bishop who inherited slaves

Question 8

Francis Willard

Answer 8

was president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union

Question 9

Phineas Bresee

Answer 9

left MEC because he was convinced it could not effectively minister to the poor and eventually founded the church of the Nazarene

Question 10

B.T. Roberts

Answer 10

leader of the Free Methodist Church

Question 11

denomination formed by abolitionists who seceded from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1843

Answer 11

Wesleyan Methodist Church

Question 12

two of the key issues which concerned Free Methodists in 1860 (i.e. caused them to separate from the Methodist Episcopal Church)

Answer 12

Pew System

Progressiveness of Culture

Question 13

one key early advocate of the social gospel in Methodism

Answer 13

Harry Ward

Question 14

three denominations merged in 1939 to become The Methodist Church

Answer 14

MPC
MEC
MEC-S

Question 15

organizations entity created in 1939 to perpetuate racial segregation in the newly-formed Methodist Church

Answer 15

Central Jurisdiction

Question 16

group that was given the authority to interpret the constitutionality of General Conference legislation

Answer 16

Judicial Council

Question 17

Judicial Council was instituted at…

Answer 17

1939 Methodist Church

Question 18

two denominations merged in 1968 to become The United Methodist Church

Answer 18

Methodist Church

Evangelical United Brethren

Question 19

coined the term “Quadrilateral” as it is used in Methodism

Answer 19

Albert Outler

Question 20

four sources of the so-called “Quadrilateral

Answer 20

Scripture, Tradition, Reason, Experience

Question 21

one problem that the quadrilateral was intended to address

Answer 21

Doctrinal commonality, and theological pluralism

Question 22

four sources of tension of conflict within American Methodism that were of significance in the second part of this course

Answer 22

Episcopacy
Slavery/ Segregation (members/bishops/pastor having slaves)
Lay representation
Ordination of Women
Social holiness - decline of holiness

Question 23

Boston Personalism

Answer 23

Led by Borden Parker Bowne, it promoted self-conscience, individualism as opposed to divine grace. It connected Holiness theology to orthodoxy as an old thought. Social gospel and progressive theology immerged from Boston Personalism as a new way of thinking theology. Because of the liberalism and progressiveness of BU, Morrison started Asbury Theological Seminary as an alternative to renew holiness theology, and historical Wesleyan teachings.

Question 24

WMC

Answer 24

Led by Orange Scott, Wesleyan Methodist Church was a denomination formed by abolitionists, with anti-slavery and anti-intemperance ideas. It was grounded on Wesley’s idea of entire sanctification, and heavy focus on Holiness. They are pro the Holiness movement. They split from the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he believed was drifting away from Wesley’s teachings.

Question 25

MC

Answer 25

Formed in 1939 with merger of MEC, MEC-S and MPC. Eventually merges with EUB in 1968 to make the UMC. It was an enormous compromise leading to the creation of the central jurisdiction, judicial council and the council of bishops. MC pushes for more laity representatives at conference level. Black Methodist voted against the unifying conference because it created segregation.

Question 26

Quadrilateral

Answer 26

This method based its teaching on four sources as the basis of theological and doctrinal development, scripture, tradition, reason, and experience. For Wesley, Scripture should be taken in a primitive form. Tradition should be interpreted through the lens of patristic tradition. Reason had to do with the system of logic Wesley learned in Oxford. Experience has nothing to do with personal experience, but with our Christian experience (Wesley’s experience in Aldersgate). John Wesley never used these four forms in the same phrase. Albert Outler created the quadrilateral to create doctrinal commonality, because of theological pluralism.